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you can't bet on what you think in an environment like this. you've got to understand that if there is a network, we can't pretend that there's not. so when you're looking at these two kids, to me, everything that they did suggests that they're amateurs. where they placed the weapon, the fact that they didn't o obscure themselves when they walked down the street, the primitive nature of the explosives. but we've been focused on these two spiders, most media is not talking about the search for the spider web. did they get training, did they get weapons, did they get travel? >> neither of these suspects are on a watch list or were on a watch list. the older brother goes to russia, comes back, starts posting videos online about islam, about terrorism. did we miss this? was there something where we should have actually been able to know? >> posting videos is a free speech issue, and if were still in the fbi, we would be very cautious about looking at something like that. because you're allowed to be a radical in this country. this country is based
you can't bet on what you think in an environment like this. you've got to understand that if there is a network, we can't pretend that there's not. so when you're looking at these two kids, to me, everything that they did suggests that they're amateurs. where they placed the weapon, the fact that they didn't o obscure themselves when they walked down the street, the primitive nature of the explosives. but we've been focused on these two spiders, most media is not talking about the search for...
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we're seeing a difficult environment. now, people are a lot more positive about the u.s., so they're overweighting the u.s. the s. is still ary, very strong mark so many overweight that. and we're seeing a lot of regions like europe where investors are pretty much hands-off. so it depends, really, when you ask about how investors behave, where they come from, what region they're located in, and what region they invest in. european investors are, i would say, largely sitting on the sidelines. >> i'm going to come back to you in a moment. but let me ask you first about what's going on in the united states. a big debate about when the federal reserve is going to start winding down the stimulus. is there a downside risk to all of this free money, whether you look at what the fed has been doing with qe or what japan has been doing in terms of the stimulus there, the ecb as well. >> well, yes, it's very clear that central banks have been playing a very dominant role in the economy over the last couple of years. when i was at th
we're seeing a difficult environment. now, people are a lot more positive about the u.s., so they're overweighting the u.s. the s. is still ary, very strong mark so many overweight that. and we're seeing a lot of regions like europe where investors are pretty much hands-off. so it depends, really, when you ask about how investors behave, where they come from, what region they're located in, and what region they invest in. european investors are, i would say, largely sitting on the sidelines....
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revenue environment. not every balance sheet is going to execute equally in this environment. you've got some opportunities for -- >> what it means is the fed is going to stay the course on quantitative easing, basically. >> i think that is very clear. >> greg, tell us about this new study you're out with today. >> we found three in four americans say they are not more inclined to invest in the stock market now given the fact that interest rates are at record lows and the stock market's recently hit highs. that's the same as we found a year ago. now, a year ago, you know, in the past year interest rates have come down further. the market's gone up more. yet people are not swaying. >> what's their big fear? that they've missed it already? they're afraid it's too high? they're going to pick moment? is there too many risk? what's the big fear? >> some of each. quite frankly the memories of 2008 are very fresh. a lot of people, 2008 wasn't the first time they'd been burned. they got burned in the tech bust. b
revenue environment. not every balance sheet is going to execute equally in this environment. you've got some opportunities for -- >> what it means is the fed is going to stay the course on quantitative easing, basically. >> i think that is very clear. >> greg, tell us about this new study you're out with today. >> we found three in four americans say they are not more inclined to invest in the stock market now given the fact that interest rates are at record lows and...
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there's no requirement that they test their programs before they get put into the live production environment. there's no requirement that they have kill switches in case their cheetah programs go feral. so there's a lot of things that we do need to do that are sort of basic rules of the road for technology. we shouldn't just accept technology blindly, that it's all good, that faster is better, that bigger is better. sometimes it's not. and we saw so yesterday. >> accept more rules if they come down the pike? i know it's an anathema to wall street to add more rules to the equation, but in this case -- >> i'm all for it. the technology has advanced faster than our market structure has moved forward. let me point out a few things, when we had the flash crash, nobody saw that coming, and then we realized human interaction played a big part of that and prevented a bigger problem than there was -- >> in 2010, you're talking about? >> yes. >> may 6th. >> go to the scenario, we had a situation that no one could have predicted happening and humans got involved there and were able to stop the volatili
there's no requirement that they test their programs before they get put into the live production environment. there's no requirement that they have kill switches in case their cheetah programs go feral. so there's a lot of things that we do need to do that are sort of basic rules of the road for technology. we shouldn't just accept technology blindly, that it's all good, that faster is better, that bigger is better. sometimes it's not. and we saw so yesterday. >> accept more rules if...
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and that environment has a long tail to it, which should produce cash flow in the u.s. economy, 5% or better. >> so why isn't the public playing this market? why are they not in this market? >> the most recent memory in all of their heads, every single macro event risk they've all seen, whether it's the situation in europe or closer to home, the financial crisis, and that's going to last for quite a long period of time, especially since the household itself, the liability shelf, is still there and it's still in repair. >> and if anything that prolongs that rally, right? >> no question about it. that's the misguided notion out there, which is, you want to not all rush in there at once, but the reality is, no, that's where you get multiples go up to 18, 19 times and get the boom bust. the first move is cash to equities, not fixed income to equities. that second move is fixed income flows to equities, when the economy really gets above 3%. >> what are you going to buy here? >> well, we like almost everything in equities. our favorites would be the largest of the large cap
and that environment has a long tail to it, which should produce cash flow in the u.s. economy, 5% or better. >> so why isn't the public playing this market? why are they not in this market? >> the most recent memory in all of their heads, every single macro event risk they've all seen, whether it's the situation in europe or closer to home, the financial crisis, and that's going to last for quite a long period of time, especially since the household itself, the liability shelf, is...
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how do you see the regulatory environment playing out? and how are you going to improve margins in this scenario? >> actually, my margins improved by 140 basis points over the quarter. so we had a record margin for the first quarter. so over a 40% margin. i was asked specifically, can our margins even improve more, and i said, well, we have a lot of pressures on regulatory issues. we're reinvesting in our company by hiring more people. so i was just being cautionary. but to answer your question, our margins have had improved year after year. they're going to improve from 2012 into 2013. i believe our business model will allow margins to improve, despite, despite, we're spending at more money on lawyers, spending a lot more time working with our regulators. and i think this is just the cost of doing business moving forward. >> we'll leave it there. larry, always wonderful to have you on the program. thanks so much for your time. >> thanks, maria. >> larry fink, black rock. we have a market up 112 points. we are still waiting on answers com
how do you see the regulatory environment playing out? and how are you going to improve margins in this scenario? >> actually, my margins improved by 140 basis points over the quarter. so we had a record margin for the first quarter. so over a 40% margin. i was asked specifically, can our margins even improve more, and i said, well, we have a lot of pressures on regulatory issues. we're reinvesting in our company by hiring more people. so i was just being cautionary. but to answer your...
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a one-two punch over concerns between european credit and also some worries about the global growth environment. we think we may have a little bit of a pause here, but we're going to see continued growth through the year. it will be rewarded by take risk in the stock market. >> why? >> because with growth keeping up and inflation being under control, monetary policy is going to stay very easy, and we see that as being something that's going to lead to equity returns being positive. >> you have to admit, we've had a very good first quarter, 10% gains for most of the averages, 15% at the most extreme. aren't we due for a correction of some kind? >> well, we could absolutely have a pause here and a small correction wouldn't be off the realm, but without a big downturn in data or a big change in monetary policy expectations, i think it will be relative tame. >> what have you thought of the earnings so far this season? >> they've been modestly disappointing. we got some news today about corporate business jet appetite that was a little bit disappointing. but then look at the fed beige book report to
a one-two punch over concerns between european credit and also some worries about the global growth environment. we think we may have a little bit of a pause here, but we're going to see continued growth through the year. it will be rewarded by take risk in the stock market. >> why? >> because with growth keeping up and inflation being under control, monetary policy is going to stay very easy, and we see that as being something that's going to lead to equity returns being positive....
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shifting gears, successful companies are often ones which adapt to changing environment. a really good example. we wanted to show this to you because they are making a big bet on memory storage devices. right now the stock is down. this despite the fact that the reported results after the bell yesterday, beating analysts' expectations. let's stretch it out. you can see a 1-year picture is quite pretty with the stock of more than 30 percent of the past year. in a fox business exclusive, an excellent quarter. the stock is down. i was strolling to figure out why. in essence there were great but not great enough. let's put that aside. i would like to hear from you. what was the real success? >> a great quarter. in fact, it was the best ever first quarter. you know, these data products that are being used. these devices in the future as well. also very solid performance. the retail business. the retail business. the android mobile foam. its highest rate ever. over the course of last year customer engagement. technology front. in the first quarter. liz: why are your storage dev
shifting gears, successful companies are often ones which adapt to changing environment. a really good example. we wanted to show this to you because they are making a big bet on memory storage devices. right now the stock is down. this despite the fact that the reported results after the bell yesterday, beating analysts' expectations. let's stretch it out. you can see a 1-year picture is quite pretty with the stock of more than 30 percent of the past year. in a fox business exclusive, an...
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your numbers show that with interest rates so low, it's really hard for you guys to make money in this environment. how do you feel about that? it's a double-edged sword, right? >> yeah, michelle, it is. so we actually make more money when rates are higher, so we'd like to see rates higher, particularly, a positive-sloping yield curve. you know, the fed has a strong view in consensus that rates need to stay low. i'm not generally in that camp. i think the early stages of qe were probably good. i think it's very debatable now whether it's doing any good or not. i personally think the economy trying to find its own natural structural, level of stabilization, and it's going to do that at its own pace, with or without qe. a lot of people disagree with that. but i think it's about confidence, not about how much qe we have. >> mr. king, appreciate your time, sir. thanks for joining us today. >> thank you very much. have a good day. >> great to have you on. >>> all right, stunning and frightening. just two terms to describe video that captures the situation that we saw in texas. >> yeah, we're going to g
your numbers show that with interest rates so low, it's really hard for you guys to make money in this environment. how do you feel about that? it's a double-edged sword, right? >> yeah, michelle, it is. so we actually make more money when rates are higher, so we'd like to see rates higher, particularly, a positive-sloping yield curve. you know, the fed has a strong view in consensus that rates need to stay low. i'm not generally in that camp. i think the early stages of qe were probably...
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. >> yeah, so what do you want to do then, in this environment? knowing that the federal reserve is going to continue providing stimulus, that's not changing, so, okay, the economy might not be great, but the fed's there and that's certainly been fueling things since october or so. >> maria, i think we're going to see some growth in our economy because of all the expectation we have that we're going to get stimulus, finally, over in europe. and that's -- austerity has finally come home to roost with the germans. now they look over and go, wow, the americans are party, we're not, i think you're going to find, that's going -- if anything will drive us this summer, it's going to be the europeans. if that money comes over as we plan on the margins with the last 20% of our profit is coming from europe, i think that's going to help our stocks, if anything does, over the summer. >> europe -- are you saying buy europe? >> i would disagree with that. >> yeah -- >> i just don't see how europe -- >> i like europe. i like europe for the same reason i liked th
. >> yeah, so what do you want to do then, in this environment? knowing that the federal reserve is going to continue providing stimulus, that's not changing, so, okay, the economy might not be great, but the fed's there and that's certainly been fueling things since october or so. >> maria, i think we're going to see some growth in our economy because of all the expectation we have that we're going to get stimulus, finally, over in europe. and that's -- austerity has finally come...
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we'll have to see as far as the competitive environment, do any of these other competitive services end up adding up to anything? i think so far the answer is clearly no. we're not seeing much from amazon prime or hulu or some of the other services to really grab share from netflix. >> yeah? all right. we will leave it there. thanks, everybody. appreciate your time tonight. see you soon. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> thank you so much. >>> shares of johnson & johnson meanwhile hitting an all-time high today. ceo alex gorsky is up next in an interview you'll only see here. the company's first quarter sales were $17.5 billion. we'll find out what he's got planned for the second quarter right after this break. stay with us. >>> >>> welcome back. johnson & johnson shares at an all-time high. 84.83 tl$84.83 a share. the company enjoyed a major boost after the potential type 2 diabetes drug was granted fda approval. let's check in on j & j. has the brand fully recovered from product recalls? ceo alex gorsky. >> great to see you almost a year later. >> a year later. when you first started, we ta
we'll have to see as far as the competitive environment, do any of these other competitive services end up adding up to anything? i think so far the answer is clearly no. we're not seeing much from amazon prime or hulu or some of the other services to really grab share from netflix. >> yeah? all right. we will leave it there. thanks, everybody. appreciate your time tonight. see you soon. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> thank you so much. >>> shares of johnson &...
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stocks are great for the long-term, but in this environment, where sentiment, we've got unusually bearish quickly. we've got more weakness in store. >> so you would wait. this isn't necessarily an entry point for you, yet? >> no, if i had cash on the sidelines, pretty much at the close of today, the average stock in the s&p 500 was off about 7% from its 52-week high. the average technology stock, 11% from its 52-week high, if we get another 3% to 5% down in stocks, then i think that cash on the sidelines should be absolutely put to work, because the next two or three years still bodes quite well for the stock market relative to most other asset classes. >> i may have to break in momentarily when those american express earnings come out. but first, jerry webben, let me ask you, the fear has been this week with news out of china, some of the economic data that we've gotten here, that maybe the global growth rate is slowing down. do you sense that at all? >> i think, yes, both in the u.s. and in china, we've seen some slowness in the emerging markets and europe remains extremely weak, but yo
stocks are great for the long-term, but in this environment, where sentiment, we've got unusually bearish quickly. we've got more weakness in store. >> so you would wait. this isn't necessarily an entry point for you, yet? >> no, if i had cash on the sidelines, pretty much at the close of today, the average stock in the s&p 500 was off about 7% from its 52-week high. the average technology stock, 11% from its 52-week high, if we get another 3% to 5% down in stocks, then i think...
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private equity is certainly doing well in this environment. i'm, i guess, a little surprised that we haven't seen more deals, given the fact that rates are at such low levels. shouldn't we be seeing a whole host of deal flow and deal activity? >> we should, and we may. i guess, the opposite side of a coin of a buoyant stock market is higher evaluations and less attractive targets in the public arena. as a stock holder, and i was glad to see blackstone back off from a bid on dell. but, you know, these companies are kind of out of the mainstream. if you're a stock holder, you're actually a unit holder. you get a k-1 form, as if you were a limited partner in almost a hedge fund. the accounting is eccentric, because, well, because gap doesn't quite do these companies justice. so you have to look at this so-called economic net income. and there's this seeming paradox of private equity companies being in the private market. and if private equities are so great, why are they public? there's a lot of bad will, i think, towards these companies, but the
private equity is certainly doing well in this environment. i'm, i guess, a little surprised that we haven't seen more deals, given the fact that rates are at such low levels. shouldn't we be seeing a whole host of deal flow and deal activity? >> we should, and we may. i guess, the opposite side of a coin of a buoyant stock market is higher evaluations and less attractive targets in the public arena. as a stock holder, and i was glad to see blackstone back off from a bid on dell. but, you...